Brad Linde-tenor saxophone, Rodney Richardson-guitar, Alex Shubert and Gene D'Andrea-piano, Kevin Pace-bass, Web Grant-drums
Influences
Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Miles Davis, Sonny Clark, Don Byas, Erroll Garner, Lester Young, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Barry Harris, Lucky Thompson, Ernie Henry, Red Garland
Brad Linde is a saxophonist/pianist/educator living in the Washington D.C. metro area.
A consistent performer, Linde leads his own groups throughout Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina and has shared the stage with jazz greats including Barry Harris, John Riley, Marcus Roberts, Conrad Herwig, Ray Vega, Jason Marsalis and Slide Hampton. He has toured Germany, Austria, Spain and Portugal, and performed at the East Coast Jazz Festival. His ensembles can be heard regularly at D.C. jazz clubs Columbia Station, Twins Jazz and Twins Lounge.
Linde composes and arranges for his quartet and larger ensembles, including a repertory group devoted to the bop-oriented music of the 1950s. Linde received his M.M. at the University of Maryland, College Park and holds a B.A. in Music from Elon University, where he studied extensively with vibraphonist Jon Metzger.
Linde maintains an active role in education, teaching privately and giving saxophone and jazz improv clinics at high schools and middle schools. Since 1998, he has instructed students interested in flute, saxophone, clarinet, jazz improvisation and basic jazz keyboard harmony. As a graduate student, he has taught jazz improvisation, jazz combo and big band and he is the founder and director of the UM Jazz Repertory Ensemble at the University of Maryland.He is the woodwind/piano instructor at the Del Ray School of Music in Alexandria, Virginia.
email: brad@bradlinde.com or visit www.bradlinde.com
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Hi, Brad, thanks for finding me! Sounds great, I love Pepper Adams too... Chords do come from scales, but as Lee Konitz showed me, sometimes there are no chords...
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Brad...Thanks so much for your wonderful hosting talent last night...you should think about emcee-ing more often. I really liked the jazz you played during my introduction. We ended at the same time...It was like synchronicity..a perfect moment. Be well. Peace.
